Storm Lake native Jesse Case, leader of Teamsters Local 238 in Cedar Rapids (the state’s largest union local with a presence in 83 counties) last week called for “protests and rolling strikes” against legislation that would emasculate collective bargaining.

“We’re going to take the fight to them, to their town, to their county, to their farm, to their business,” Case said in a prepared video posted to YouTube on Thursday. “We’re gonna have rolling strikes across the State of Iowa. We’re gonna have concerted activity in business across the State of Iowa. We’re gonna have protests at businesses across the State of Iowa, and we’re gonna shut down business in the State of Iowa if they shut down unions.

“We’re not going to let them burn down the House of Labor,” Case declared. “We’re not going down without a fight.”

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